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Cleaned up the slip yoke I got. Now I can get my driveshaft shortened:metal:
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Just came back from an adventure! I went dirtbiking at an old quarry and found an very old excavation machine that looked like it had been parked for at least 20 year. Inside the cab I found a fan that has a awesome look to it! I tested it and it blows really strong. I think I'll put it on the dash or hanging from the roof once I clean it up. It will be great for those hot summer days:fro:
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That's a cool looking fan Nik. How tall is it
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Looking good
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Spent some time today cleaning up the fan. Let it sit in the parts cleaner for a couple hours (minus the motor). Most of it is aluminum so I just polished it up and the chrome cage polished up nicely as well. I also got a new switch for it. |
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Looks nice!!! :metal:
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Anyone know if I'll need a more powerful alternator if I'm running the fan or will the stock one be enogh?
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Picked up some stainless steel bolts for my rear fenders. Instead of buying the expensive ones from lmc, I went to a fastener supplier and told him what I was looking for and that they were for my old truck and he gave em to me for $15:metal:
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The fan looks good cleaned up. It probably takes about the same power as a heater blower so your alt. should be fine to drive it. Don't forget to use anti seize on the stainless bolts.
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Fixed all the rust in the tailgate today. this was a bit of a difficult one, I had to make the bends using my own ghetto metal brake. It consisted of two thick and long pieces of angle iron in a vise and lots of other clamps. And the steel was donated from the hood of a 73-87 truck. In the small lip I drilled holes and filled them with spot welds. I'm pretty happy with it, the welds still need to be ground down.
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Good job!
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Nice job
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The cast aluminum base of the fan had 3 out of 4 corners cracked off and only one hole left so out came the long strand fibreglass. Turned out pretty strong. After lots of sanding and redrilling the holes it looks right again, a coat of paint and you won't even be able to see where it broke.
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Hello everyone, I hate to admit it but I screwed up. The panel that I just put on the tailgate didn't quite workout the way I wanted, I tried to keep as much of the original metal as possible but ended up messing up the line because some of it was new and some of it was the old metal and the bends didn't line up correctly. I wanted it to be right so out came the angle grinder with cut off wheel. I then made a new panel and made it go down the same amount all the way across. Got it welded on but still need to grind the welds down. I'm very satisfied with it now it's pretty much perfect.
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The new panel welded on, done the right way.
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Also cut the hooks for the tailgate chains off as I'm going to eliminate the chains and use cables on the inside
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And another pic of the new panel
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Looking good!
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Good work! :chevy:
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In for the build. Wish my metalwork/welding skills looked like yours.
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Very nice work! :metal:
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the rear cab mounts/cab corner area is going to be the most challenging spot and I'm thinking of getting started on them soon but they are so rusty I don't don't what there supposed to look like. It would be great if someone could get a picture of the rear cab mounts/cab corner. Thanks
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the cab supports are $17 each from LMC .
you can go to there online catalog and see a picture of them on there . here are some pictures of the bottom of the cab , on one of the 65 C-10 's that im building now . this is my friend J.B.'s truck cab . it is the better one of the two . |
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Tailgate looks good Nik. You're right the only way to learn is to do it yourself. And if it's not right do it again. We have to redo stuff plenty out in the shop.
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Having some troubles with my carb. Any advise?
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